Videos, Podcasts, and Multimedia - Fine Arts and Visual Communications - Indianapolis - Ivy Tech Libraries at Ivy Tech Community College

How to Find Videos in the Collection

To find videos in the collection, do an advanced search in IvyCat with "art" as a keyword, limit your location to "Indianapolis North Meridian Campus" (or "Lawrence"), and limit the format to "video disc."

*Note: DVDs are only available for checkout to faculty and staff at the NMC campus.*

Video Databases at your Library

Films on Demand: Master Academic Collection This link opens in a new window
Thousands of educational videos on a variety of subjects including science, health, business, life skills, and more; search by keyword or browse broad topic categories.
Library of Congress Digital Collections This link opens in a new window
View maps & photographs; read letters, diaries & newspapers; hear personal accounts of events; listen to sound recordings & watch historic films
Naxos Video Library This link opens in a new window
To browse Fine Arts videos, click on the Categories option at the top of the database's page.
After the menu appears on the left, click on the Fine Arts option to see the list of videos.

Streaming Media

Americans for the Arts-- Encourage Creativity Videos
""Encourage Creativity: Teach the Arts" showcases the voices of young people as they demonstrate the value and benefits they get from the arts in their lives. You can share this series with Teachers, Principals, Superintendents, Business Leaders, Community Leaders, and Policymakers. These videos are great to watch and even better to share! You can use these to inform your community, inspire your friends, and impact the world."--from website.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston-- "Learning Through Art"
Designed with K-12 classrooms in mind, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, TX has a few short videos about learning through art, discussing concepts like overcoming bias and observation.
National Endowment for the Arts: Art Works Podcast
"The agency’s podcast series contains audio interviews with arts leaders from across the country on arts issues of interest. "--from website.
National Gallery of Art: Sound Thoughts on Art podcast
"The arts can engage all our senses, but it’s in the crossover between them that things really get interesting. When we listen to music, what do we see in our mind’s eye? When we look at a work of art, what do we hear? Sound Thoughts on Art, a new podcast from the National Gallery of Art, explores the intersection of sight and sound."--from website.
NPR Art and Design
"NPR is an independent, nonprofit media organization that was founded on a mission to create a more informed public. Every day, NPR connects with millions of Americans on the air, online, and in person to explore the news, ideas, and what it means to be human. Through its network of member stations, NPR makes local stories national, national stories local, and global stories personal."--from website.
Their section on art and design explores current discussions on a variety of topics relating to the arts.
PBS Arts and Music
The PBS arts and music page provides free access to a variety of shows focused on the arts.
Tate Museum podcasts
This is "a series telling the human stories behind art in Tate's collection. From love and creativity, to failure and protest, each episode explores how art reflects universal experiences. Hear from creatives, curators, gallery visitors and even comedians as they chat about art and how it's relevant to our lives today."--from website (Spotify).
TedEd-- Visual Arts
The TED-Ed Visual Arts page includes short videos focused on the arts. "TED-Ed’s mission is to spark and celebrate the ideas of teachers and students around the world. [...]TED-Ed has grown from an idea worth spreading into an award-winning education platform that serves millions of teachers and students around the world every week"--from website.